Posted on 06/16/2011 3:25:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
I was one of those rare species: a black Republican, the guy willing to spit into the wind of conventional thought, who was often showcased on camera at party events to prove inclusiveness.
But as a proud black man, I can no longer be a member of the Republican Party.
Being a Republican has long been a part of my personal and professional identities, so leaving the party is a difficult and emotional decision.
In 1998, as a young man searching for what I believed were shared values, I cut ties with the Democratic Party and became a Republican. Democrats, in my view, had become unwelcoming to those holding center-right views not in lockstep with the party, and it was my belief that through hard work, the Republican Party could be utilized as a vehicle for improving our community.
For the next 13 years, I dedicated myself to growing the conservative base of the Republican Party, and in the process bound myself in emotion and deed.
...Ken Barnes is a small-business owner in Sacramento and a member of the executive committee of the California State Conference of the NAACP.
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Very intelligent answer. You sir are part of the problem, like it or not. Did the Indians create reservations? Your either plain stupid or just don’t want to face reality. On top of that, you are proving my point. Question: would the Casinos be making Millions if white people refused to go there? You don’t believe that poverty level Indians are making the Casino tribes rich do you ? Use your brain for a change.
Gee, that chimp with the blue cap reminds me of someone...must be the teeth...
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Oh, and it's okay for white guys to complain about black-on-white crime? Really? Hence the sarcasm and oblique references to the absolute interdict against whites complaining about it, and officialdom lying about it because that 95% straight-ticket lever-pull will blow them out of their jobs the instant they wax candid.
see mine
He was overheard saying, “Whitey ain’t no good. I’m hangin’ with da hood, where I belong - da gangsters and communists. But, really, I used to be for freedom but whitey made me hate it.” :)
Anybody who’d abandom their governing philosphy because of a dubious cartoon they didn’t like, didn’t really believe in that philosophy anyway.
I’ll say one thing about black skin: it is remarkably THIN.
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